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hind tibia, 14mm. ; hind femur, 13mm. Width at the 

 mesonotum, 5mm. 



Localities. — North Canterbury and Banks Peninsula. 

 Among dead wood; not uncommon. 



The female is considerably smaller than the male ; the 

 antennae are relatively thmner, and the joints are cylindrical. 



Pleioplectron hudsoni, sp. nov. Plate XIII., figs. 14, 14a. 



Joints of the antennas vasiform, sparingly clothed with hairs, 

 the proximal ones broader than long. Thoracic nota slightly 

 margined. Legs long, covered with short hairs. Fore and 

 middle femora unarmed below ; hind femora with two minute 

 spines on the inner edge, nearly central. Fore tibiae, below, 

 with one anterior (inner) and two posterior (outer) spines, none 

 above. Middle tibiae, below, with two anterior (outer) and one 

 posterior (inner) spines, none above. Hind tibi» slightly 

 grooved above, with about eight outer and twelve inner spines, 

 and several minute teeth between them. Subgenital plate 

 longer than broad, with the keel projecting forwards into a 

 sharp narrow point. 



Colours. — Eeddish-brown, the legs transversely banded with 

 paler. 



Length, 12mm. ; pronotum, 5mm. ; thorax, 8mm. ; abdo- 

 men, 3mm.; fore tibia, 9mm.; hind tibia, 16mm.; hind 

 femur, 14mm. Width at mesonotum, 5mm. 



Locality. — Wellington (Hudson) . 



Described from a single male ; the female is unknown. 



Pleioplectron pectinatxim, sp. nov. 



Joints of the antennae cylindrical, sparingly covered with 

 hairs, the proximal joints very short, much broader than long. 

 Pronotum and mesonotum slightly margined. Fore and hind 

 femora unarmed below; hind femora, below, with two minute 

 spines on the inner edge near the distal end. Fore and middle 

 tibiae with two'spines in each row below, none above. Hind 

 tibiae slightly grooved above, with about twenty-five spines in 

 each row, irregular in size, some of them very small. Sub- 

 ■ genital plate transverse, with a narrow keel ending in a point. 



Colours. — Fuscous, the face and palpi pale ; antennae fuscous ; 

 a pale longitudinal line on the pronotum ; femora and tibiae of 

 fore and middle legs pale, transversely banded with fuscous ; 

 tarsi of the fore legs pale-tawny, those of the middle and hind 

 legs fuscous. 



Length, ISram. ; pronotum, 5mm. ; thorax, 7mm. ; abdo- 

 men, 7mm. ; fore tibia, 7mm. ; hind tibia, 14 mm. ; hind 

 femur, 12nim. Width at mesonotum, 5mm. 



Locality. — Banks Peninsula. 



Described from two male specimens. 



